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In 2011. Florida Republicans lead by now-senator Rick Scott endeavored to create the worst, most unresponsive and least generous unemployment insurance system in the country.

They succeeded. orlandosentinel.com/coronavirus/jo…
Among the many changes, they required new claimants to take a little math and reading test.

One of the questions: “What relationships can be shown when using multiple graphics with either positive or negative numbers?” huffpost.com/entry/florida-…
They succeeded in driving down the percentage of unemployed receiving benefits from just over 30% to just under 10% huffpost.com/entry/the-next…
They had Deloitte Consulting overhaul the unemployment website, and it's been a train wreck since 2013.

Now there's nothing the guy in charge can do but abjectly apologize tampabay.com/news/health/20…
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Heard from a few people who usually don't file tax returns that they can't get through online tax forms due to all the zeroes on their Form 1040s.

Bit of a problem for getting their coronavirus rebates. huffpost.com/entry/coronavi…
Tax prep firms say they're working with the IRS on a fix.

Democrats say they're "inundated" with calls from seniors and are asking Treasury to waive the tax return requirement for corona rebate payments.
The likes of @hamandcheese and @GreensteinCBPP said this kind of thing would happen and urged Congress not to require tax filing for the corona rebate. niskanencenter.org/cbpp-niskanen-…
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House Dems have an aggressive set of paid leave proposals in their coronavirus bill.

Republicans hate it.

Trump hinted he'll introduce his own but so far the White House has absolutely nothing. huffpost.com/entry/house-de…
One GOP beef is that the Dem bill puts SSA in charge of paying leave benefits.

"They would task offices like the Social Security Administration with standing up brand-new bureaucracy..."

On the other hand, SSA is already a bureaucracy that literally exists to give out money.
New bureaucracy is an inevitable part of a new benefit. Makes one wonder if it's not really the mechanism that's at issue.
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Sarah Miller, radicalized by HAMP
nytimes.com/2020/02/11/tec…
We did a lot of stories about how the Obama Treasury Department ran a really, really bad anti-foreclosure program huffpost.com/entry/extend-a…
this program was so bad in some cases it actually CAUSED foreclosures.

almost everyone said they'd send in paperwork to the bank, then get asked to send it again, again and again
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💥Rick Scott turned down federal money in #Florida for Medicaid!

🔥🤥His Attorney General Pam Bondi is suing the federal government to DISMANTLE the ACA, specifically to remove protections for pre-existing conditions!

‼️You think he didn’t approve that?

floridapolitics.com/archives/27943…
🔥Rick Scott doesn’t support medical coverage for people who are less fortunate.

‼️🤥Listen to the awkward wording of that stupid ad.

💥Better yet, watch the #Democratic rebuttal.👇

🔥He also doesn’t want those “less fortunate people (99.9% of the remainder of the world) on his private beaches either!

You need to ask yourself, how did he get that money? He was CEO of a company that defrauded Medicare!

Take your private plane out of FL!

#Beaches4Everyone!
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🔥🔥If you're a Republican in #Florida and still thinking of voting for Rick Scott (Re-elect Bill Nelson @NelsonForSenate), please read this first.

📄I am going to post excerpts from a report prepared by American Bridge 21st Century, a progressive #Democratic American Super PAC.
🔥This report is entitled "Florida Man Buys State/Koch Impacts in the Sunshine State and although written by a Super PAC, it is backed up with countless news articles from reputable news outlets.

ℹ️It only includes years 2010-2016.
▶️This thread will try to summarize the pages from the report (which I'll post) which refer to Rick Scott and how the Koch Network helped him and hurt #Floridians.
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⁉️Are we still living in America?

🇺🇸U.S. Senator Bill Nelson: "They [The Russians] have already penetrated certain counties in the state and they now have free rein to move about."

💥#Florida Governor Rick Scott doesn't believe him?

⚡️Rick Scott, the most corrupt politician that has ever served since I've been alive, is saying that U.S. Senator Bill Nelson could be "making this up."

cnn.com/2018/08/10/pol…
⚡️Here's Nelson's response:

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SCANDAL #7
It’s official, FL bill HB 631 is now a law and could affect a beach near you even if you don’t live in Florida. Walton County residents were out in droves yesterday (July 1st) to protest this new law, signed by Governor Rick Scott last month.
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This new #Florida law invalidates local municipalities' #customaryuse ordinances and effectively locks the general public out of using the best parts of Florida’s beaches—unless they can afford to rent (or buy) beachfront property. Lawsuits are pending. #standyoursand
🚫HB 631 bans local municipalities from adopting ordinances to regulate public access to Florida’s beaches above the mean water line.

⁉️But first, where’s the mean water line?

💥In short, it's where everyone wants to sit when they're at the beach.

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SCANDAL #6
Just weeks after Rick Scott became Governor, he followed through on a campaign promise to sell the state-owned planes used for past governors, cabinet members and other senior state officials.

tampabay.com/news/politics/…
Private plane! Rick Scott is rich! No problem. This plan was supposed to save money for the state of #Florida.
⚡️Scott also imposed a new code of ethics: he barred his office employees and agency heads from traveling in private airplanes without prior approval from Scott or his chief of staff. This new code was designed to stop rich lobbyists from courting state officials.
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Continuing my thread from yesterday...
SCANDAL #4
When Rick Scott became Governor in January of 2010, he began a campaign to privatize 30 South Florida prisons and hired Edwin Buss as the Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections.
“It was one of the most aggressive private prison expansions in the history of the United states, maybe the most aggressive,” Edwin Buss said. While governor, Rick Scott has been through 5 Secretaries of the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC).
Rick Scott also wanted to privatize the health care services of inmates. He hired Elizabeth Gondles to oversee it, but she had to resign over a conflict of interest: her husband was married to the head of the only organization that accredits prison medical services in the nation.
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